How an Underground Abortion Network Got Started

October 16, 2018

It started with one request. A friend’s sister was pregnant and suicidal. Before long a clandestine group called Jane was created to help women in Chicago with illegal abortions.

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  • Producer: Jennifer Oko
  • Producer: Miriam Weintraub
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